Virgin and Child

Cima da Conegliano's Virgin and Child, painted in 1499 and now in the National Gallery, London, is a devotional panel from the artist's mature period. Cima's Madonnas are distinguished by their serene, meditative quality and the luminous landscape settings that made him one of the most popular devotional painters in Venice. The work's presence in the National Gallery reflects the extensive British collecting of Venetian Renaissance painting in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Cima's refined technique features smooth, blended oil surfaces with crystalline light, precisely rendered fabrics, and the balanced, geometric composition that characterizes his mature devotional works.